В• Photographer of the Year named В• Winner took up photography just three years ago
Posted on October 30, 2008 - Filed Under News, Digital | Leave a Comment
The UK’s Landscape Photographer of the Year has been named as Gary Eastwood who entered the competition with a picture of his dog, Barney.
Gary, a professional photographer from East Sussex, beat thousands of entries to land the top prize of £10,000 cash.
has learnt that he is a freelance who was bitten by the ‘photography bug’ just three years ago.
‘I am over the moon,’ said Gary who told us that he captured the winning image using a Canon EOS 5D digital SLR and 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM lens.
Hahnemuhle Announces Gallerie Wrap System
Posted on October 30, 2008 - Filed Under Photography | Leave a Comment
Hahnemuhle will launch a Gallerie Wrap System at this month’s Photo Plus Expo. Using this system, images printed on canvas can be stretched and wrapped around frames, with portions of the images on the sides. The technique is similar to the method used by painters to prepared canvases for display. Hahnemuhle estimates that, after a little practice, it will take only about 5 minutes to complete a wrap with this do-it-yourself product. The system consists of stretching bars and the components needed to attach the canvas.
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Grant’s whisky photo winner named
Posted on October 27, 2008 - Filed Under News, Digital | Leave a Comment
Jeff Hutchinson from Horsham in West Sussex has scooped £750 in Jessops vouchers as winner of the Photos by Night competition run in association with Grant’s Whisky.
The competition, which appeared in (AP)’s 2 August issue, challenged entrants to capture images of their garden at night.
The judges, who included AP Editor Damien Demolder, said they felt Jeff’s image was both ‘interesting and creative’.
Runners-up won a bottle of Grant’s Family Reserve Whisky.
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The Day to Come
Posted on October 26, 2008 - Filed Under Photography | Leave a Comment
“Fisherman at dawn. Cannes, France”. Taken by Ross
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Firmware update service for Four Thirds launched
Posted on October 25, 2008 - Filed Under Tests, Reviews | Leave a Comment
Olympus, Panasonic and Sigma have jointly launched a firmware update service for the Four Thirds system standard. The service enables users to install future DSLR lens firmware updates via their four thirds camera, even if the body and lens are not by the same manufacturer. The move allows all Four Thirds system users to ensure their lenses include all the latest revisions.
Olympus Four Thirds lens and camera users
Scheduled to start on October 15, 2008, this new joint service is the first of its kind in the industry*.
The way it works is simple.
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Adobe releases Camera Raw v4.6
Posted on October 22, 2008 - Filed Under Tests, Reviews | 1 Comment
Adobe Systems has released the full version of its Adobe Camera Raw 4.6 plug-in. This latest update extends support to the Pentax K2000 (K-m) and the latest cameras and backs from Leaf. In addition, the cameras given provisional support in the beta are now fully covered. The update will be the last expansion of coverage for Photoshop CS3.
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Constructicon
Posted on October 20, 2008 - Filed Under Photography | Leave a Comment
“Today was a very dusty day so I didn’t think there was much chance of doing any photography. But at around 6pm the evening light, combined with the dust, created a really soft, muted feeling to everything. I was pleased with the result of this one. It’s a bit more realistic than some of my other attempts at HDR”. Dubai. Taken by James
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Photokina Interview Series: Canon
Posted on October 18, 2008 - Filed Under Tests, Reviews | Leave a Comment
Photokina 2008 Interview: Canon Dpreview.com met up with one of Canon Inc’s most high ranking executives, Director and Chief Executive of Image Communication Products Operations, Masaya Maeda, at Photokina for a wide-ranging conversation about current and future developments in compact and SLR digital cameras. Mr Maeda has been with Canon Inc since 1974 and is currently the head of the entire camera division, covering both DSC and the EOS DSLR system.
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Photo fine was fair, claims court
Posted on October 18, 2008 - Filed Under News, Digital | Leave a Comment
A Scottish court has stoutly defended its controversial decision to fine a man £100 for taking a photo of a woman outside a bar in Edinburgh.
Court officials have revealed to (AP) that the fine was for a breach of the peace ‘with a sexual aggravation’.
The case, which sparked disbelief among many photographers, came to light in a BBC News report last week.
Edinburgh Sheriff Court branded Sebastian Przygodzki ‘unchivalrous’ after he took a picture of a woman who had fallen ill after drinking with friends at an Omni Centre bar at 11.30pm on 8 August.
Przygodzki was arrested and charged with a breach of the peace, to which he pleaded guilty on 3 October.
The court has since confirmed to AP that the BBC article is factually correct.
Kenneth Hogg, a sheriff at Edinburgh Sheriff Court said afterwards: ‘The lady concerned was entitled to her privacy and not to have a passing stranger take a photograph.’
When AP demanded a fuller explanation of the decision a Crown Office spokeswoman told us last night: ‘Regard must be had to the whole circumstances of each individual case as known to the prosecutor before a decision is made.
‘Having given full and careful consideration to all the facts and circumstances in this case, the Procurator Fiscal for Edinburgh made the decision that the conduct of the accused in respect of this incident properly warranted a charge of breach of the peace with a sexual aggravation.’
Przygodzki’s lawyer said last week that his client had considered the photo of the woman as ‘another view of Edinburgh’.
A heated debate on the incident has erupted on the AP website forum.
Nordic Fall
Posted on October 15, 2008 - Filed Under Photography | Leave a Comment
“The end of September, the first month of fall… My wife and I were at our vacation home in Mariestad – in mid/south Sweden – approximately at the same latitude as Oslo and with mostly the same climate, fauna and flora. There I went photo hunting to show you and try to describe: The clear, blue sky – the crisp fresh wind, and of course the golden beauty in the leaves of the trees. It was 15C and at this same beach we were swimming and tanning in 30C less than 3 months ago”.
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